RED ALERT! Federal Appeals Court Rules You Do NOT Have A Right to Conceal Carry

Firearm
owners have no constitutional right to carry a concealed gun in public
if they face no specific danger, a divided federal appeals court in
California ruled on Thursday, in a victory for gun control advocates.The
decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which sets a legal
precedent in western states, was seen as unlikely to be reviewed by the
U.S. Supreme Court in the near future.

The San Francisco-based
court, in a 7-4 decision, found San Diego and Yolo counties in
California did not violate the Second Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution, which protects the right to bear arms, when they denied
some applicants a concealed firearm license.

"We hold that the
Second Amendment does not protect, in any degree, the carrying of
concealed firearms by members of the general public," Judge William
Fletcher wrote in a 52-page opinion.

The two California counties
had limited their permits to applicants showing "good cause" to be
armed, such as documented threats or working in a wide range of risky
occupations.

The ruling places the 9th Circuit Court in line with
other U.S. appellate courts that have upheld the right of officials in
the states of New York, Maryland and New Jersey to deny concealed carry
applications in certain cases.

Under California's concealed carry
law, more than 70,000 residents or less than 1 percent of the state's
population had active permits last year, according to the Center for
Investigative Reporting.

The U.S. Supreme Court in 2013, in the
middle of a raging national debate on guns, declined to weigh in on
whether firearm owners have a constitutional right to carry their
weapons in concealment outside the home.